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Alice Mitchener is Mrs Nelson
For the third time in succession, Mrs Stoke has won the Nelson area final of the Plunket Society - G.H.B. Mrs New Zealand contest. This year, the successful Mrs Stoke was Alice Mitchener, mother of two. About 230 people attended the Mrs Nelson presentation ceremony.
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Plunket nurses Miss Ruby Pierson and Mrs Wanaka Gibson, with Dominion councillor Gloria Longley and Plunket patroness Mrs F. H. Grear
The judges were Jack Geard, Mrs Beryl Barr and Dale Hunter. Top Right - Enjoying a cuppa after the judging are Thora Webster, Mrs E. Eyles and Mrs E. Douglas, all of Dovedale. Above - Carole Shallcrass, Dorothy Fryer, and Beverley Polglase (right) discuss the final with Mrs Murchison, Judy Peacock (second from right). Below - Doreen Bateup (left) and Jessie Lane (right) chat with Mrs Nelson Central 1970, Margaret Persson.
Plunket nurses Miss Ruby Pierson and Mrs Wanaka Gibson, with Dominion councillor Gloria Longley and Plunket patroness Mrs F. H. Grear